Events that changed America through the seventeenth century

Findling, John E. (Added Author). Thackeray, Frank W. (Added Author).

Summary: Ten essays offer academic interpretations of the significance of ten events shaping early US history. Appends a glossary and a timeline from the First peoples' migration to the New World to the 1692 Salem witch trials. Illustrations include a replica of Columbus' /Santa Maria/, a period sketch of the 1565 founding of St. Augustine, and the arrival of the first African slaves in 1619. Suitable for high school and undergraduate levels. The editors teach history at Indiana U. Southeast.

Record details

ISBN: 9780313290831
ISBN: 0313290830
ISBN: 9780313007217
ISBN: 0313007217
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

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General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	First encounters, c. 40,000 B.C.E.-1492 C.E. / Andrew Frank -- The expedition of Coronado, 1540-1542 / Thomas Clarkin -- The founding of St. Augustine, 1565 / Blake Beattie -- Early English colonization efforts, c. 1584-1630 / Rick Kennedy -- Early European-Native American encounters, 1607-1637 / Kathleen Perdisatt and Rick Kennedy -- The introduction of slavery into North America, 1619 / Julia A. Woods -- The surrender of New Amsterdam, 1664 / Thomas A. Mackey -- King Philip's War, 1675-1676 / Steven E. Siry -- The Glorious Revolution in America, 1688-1689 / P.D. Swiney -- The Salem witch trials, 1692 / Frederick M. Stowell.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified Access restricted by subscription.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
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Source of Description Note:	Print version record.